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Optimal reassignment of green vehicles for improving last-mile delivery distribution in cities with low emissions zones

Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain
In this paper we tackle a problem of green vehicles reassignment for improving last-mile delivery distribution. Specifically, we consider the case of a large last-mile delivery company operating in some of the largest cities of Spain, where Low Emission ...
Joaquín Álvarez-Horcajo, José M. Oliet-Villalba, Luis M. Moreno-Saavedra, Juan A. Carral, Sancho Salcedo-Sanz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robust Route Planning under Uncertain Pickup Requests for Last-mile Delivery

The Web Conference
Empowered by the widespread adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and smartphones, last-mile delivery services have evolved to accommodate both delivery and pickup tasks.
Hua Yan, Heng Tan, Haotian Wang, Desheng Zhang, Yu Yang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Delivery Models in Last Mile Logistics

, 2018
In logistics the key problem of last mile is how to deliver goods from distribution hub to end users in cities and built-up areas. The paper deals with an issue of last mile delivery. The main objective of the paper is to analyse possible solutions how
Jana Kurotová, Turská, Stanislava, Iwona Rybicka, Rybick, Iwona, Stanislava Turská, Jaculjaková, Simona, Roman Chinoracký, Simona Jaculjaková, Chinoracký, Roman, Kurotová, Jana   +9 more
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From liquid learning to weaving learning: Negotiating meanings of Children's learning in family travel

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's learning increasingly extends into everyday informal settings, but what counts as learning in these contexts remains insufficiently understood. Focusing on family travel as a mobile and socioculturally situated informal learning context, this study adopts a sociocultural perspective and uses liquid learning as a sensitising concept ...
Zhuxian (Zoey) Li, Elaine Chiao Ling Yang, Truc H. Le, Charles Arcodia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capacity requirements and demand management strategies in meal delivery

EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics
Online restaurant aggregators, which connect diners with restaurants and organize the delivery of ordered meals, have experienced significant growth in recent years.
Ramon Auad, Alan Erera, Martin Savelsbergh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Efficient Mobility: Evaluation of Autonomous Last Mile Delivery Concepts in London. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Schnieder M, Hinde C, West A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Inventory Replenishment and Transshipment for Distributed Autologous Cell Therapy Manufacturing Networks

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autologous cell therapy (AuCT) manufacturing networks must balance two competing objectives: reducing cost and improving patient access to time‐sensitive therapy. This study compares three AuCT manufacturing network designs: a centralized network with a single manufacturing facility, a coordinated point‐of‐care (POC) network in which POCs can ...
Zhaowei Li, Chelsea C. White III, Kan Wang, Ben Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer acceptance of autonomous delivery robots for last-mile delivery: Technological and health perspectives. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2022
Yuen KF, Cai L, Lim YG, Wang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

How to design a sustainable last-mile delivery and returns business model from E-Customers' expectations perspective?

The paper aims to identify the most preferred business models for sustainable last-mile delivery among e-customers and to evaluate their impact on the environment, economics, and society.
Magdalena Mucowska, Günter Prockl, Cheba K., Piecyk M., Katarzyna Cheba, Leise Kelli de Oliveira, Evangelista P., Prockl G., Rzesny-Cieplinska J., Kiba-Janiak M., Jagienka Rześny-Cieplińska, Maja Kiba-Janiak, Maja Piecyk, Pietro Evangelista, Mucowska M., de Oliveira L. K.   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Animal empathy reconsidered: a multidimensional profile account

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Empathy is the glue that holds societies together and yet several fundamental questions about empathy persist. What is empathy (the definitional question)? Is it uniquely human and, if not, which nonhuman animals possess empathy (the distribution question)? Which type or quality of empathy is realized in different species (the quality question)
Albert Newen, Maja Griem, Ludwig Huber, Thomas Bugnyar, Aaron Blaisdell, Simone Pika   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source